The department's Spring 2018 performance season will include a month of Honors and Fellowship works conceived, directed, designed, choreographed and/or presented by our graduating students.
News and Events
March 19, 2018
Born exactly 50 years ago in times just as turbulent as today, the iconic American musical will be performed on the Moore stage May 11-13. Directed and choreographed by Virginia Ogden '18 as part of an honors thesis project.
March 17, 2018
Analyzing Spring Awakening, Dear Evan Hansen, and Heathers: The Musical, Senior Matthew Treiber's honors thesis presentation examines the power of theatrical representations of teenage mental health and suicide. Wednesday May 9 from 5-6 pm, the Bentley Theater....
March 14, 2018
The department's Senior Spring season begins with Citrus, a Senior Fellowship Project by Celeste Jennings '18. An original choreopoem following struggles and resilience of Black women from mid-19th century to present day , Citrus performances will be May 4-6....
March 13, 2018
Tennessee Williams' one-act drama will be performed presented first as written, and then as an original opera composed by Larry Delinger. Directed by Camilla Tassi GR and Kelleen Moriarty '19; Thursday April 5 at 8:00 pm, in the Bentley Theater....
February 16, 2018
The Winter 2018 MainStage production of George Orwell's unsettling "1984" is a contemporary production for the contemporary world. Read about the show and about cast member Kate Budney '21, a Hanover native recently featured in the Valley News.
February 13, 2018
Auditions for the upcoming spring term student production of "Hair" will take place on Monday and Tuesday, February 19 and 20! The iconic American musical will be directed by Virginia Ogden '18 as part of her honors thesis.
February 10, 2018
David Auburn's Pulitzer Prize-winning story of a young woman navigating the aftermath of her father's death will be performed in the Bentley March 1, 3 & 4. Featuring Tess McGuinness '18 as Catherine and Professor James Rice in the role of Robert, her father....
January 26, 2018
Auditions for the upcoming spring term's student production of "Citrus" will take place on Monday February 5! An original choreopoem focused on the striuggles of black women in America, "Citrus" was conceived by Celeste Jennings '18 as her Senior Fellowship project....
January 19, 2018
Join us for lunch! The four professional playwrights of JAGFest 2.0 will be discussing the challenges of building a career and a life as a creative artist, and sharing their insights and as artists of color working in the theater industry.